Extraction Pictures

08:00 hrs we begin the descent from the second floor to the loading dock and eventually out to the street. Duration of extraction was roughly figured at 3 hours from descent to trailer loading. Elevator shaft descent was 5 minutes 30 seconds, seemed like four hours.

Empty shop the night before	Piles of parts ready to go	Engine waiting for a home	Poised for birth	Pre-move inspirational speech and prayer
Scott & Brenda view the pit	Sure looks a LONG way down	Paul, the mountain climber rigs the ropes	Tod and Tom bring the tail to the brink	2 Walts, 2 Rons view from 3rd floor
Approaching the brink	Todd assures the first floor is ready	Tail suspended over 3 floors	Tail almost in reach	Tail breaches the door
Final release down the shaft	Over the edge	Rolling down the wall	Voila, the birth	MEANWHILE...Hugh constructs ramp
Ralph advises Hugh on ramp construction	Finishing touches to ramp	MEANWHILE...engine jockeyed into position	Engine in place	Charlie, Ron, Scott, Butch and Todd attaching side panels
Scott and Todd adjust cowling...	MEANWHILE...Derek and Matt supervise wing movement	Down the ramp, Hugh holds on	Scott and Tom catch the tail	Scott and Tom guide it down the ramp while Butch watches and sweats
Into the sunlight for the first time	The baby breathes free	Attaching Starboard wings	MEANWHILE...Wayne and Polo attach prop	Polo doing final torquing
Port wing being attached	Plane holding Butch up	Scott takes a turn in the seat	Hugh tries a fly	Indicted co-conspirators share a moment
	One happy guy		View from 3rd floor

We journey from Chicago Heights to Freeport, Illinois to deliver the plane for final tuning of the engine by the master, Rick Giles.

Potty break	Note classy prop protector	Rick revving the engine	Two generations of Nieuports
A long awaited meeting	Note, our "correct" wheels	Clipped N12 takes a taxi	Speeding around the first turn, the LS N12 is ahead
Giles tries in vain to catch me	Scott takes a taxi	Note the smile	Rick takes a turn